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relic
noun
[ ˈrɛlɪk ]
• an object surviving from an earlier time, especially one of historical interest.
• "a museum of railway relics"
Similar:
artefact
, historical object, ancient object,
antiquity
,
antique
,
heirloom
, object of virtu,
curio
,
fossil
,
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French relique (originally plural), from Latin reliquiae (see reliquiae).